Dee, Isaiah, and Solomon wouldn't be able to step foot into Saint Vitus--or many of the other venues they play in--if it weren't for their talent. At just 20, 18, and 16 respectively, the trio of St. Joseph, MO brothers have utilized their extraordinary, self-taught talents to catapult them across the country and in front of audiences much older than they are. What many of those audiences may not realize is the seed for the still rising star of Radkey had been planted during a screening of a Pixar film. "We were at the premiere of Toy Story 3, and Dee got this text from this chick that wanted him to fill in for a cover band and play the bass. So he did," recalls bassist Isaiah who then requested to take over the instrument, for the first time, from his older brother. Soon after, Solomon picked up the drums and a punk band of then all-teenage brothers were born. "We practiced every day," says Isaiah. "[Now] here we are."

In this time of literal and figurative Armageddon, nothing is shocking in regard to musical reformations, reunions or resurrections. I could tell you a hologram of Jim Morrison was about to record a duet with Ke$HA at Sun Studios and you probably wouldn't bat an eye. But when rumblings came down the pike a few months back about a reunion between Neil Michael Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema, the two personalities who made up the most enigmatic indie outfit of the 90's Royal Trux, even some of the most jaded eyebrows started to rise.

After much Internet back and forth, it was revealed there was to be no reunion between the two. Rather, Hagerty would be performing the band's double LP opus from '90 Twin Infinitives in its entirety for one night only at Brooklyn's' Saint Vitus Bar without the help of Herrema whatsoever.

On April 12, St. Vitusthe metal outpost in Greenpointturned one year old, but the birthday celebration went down between April 23 and April 28. Bands, cartoons, go-go girls, celebrities, sacrilege, and a metal magician were in attendance.

"It was chaos," says bartender and co-owner Justin Scurti.

In 2011, when Scurti, Arthur Shepherd, and George Souleidis opened Saint Vitusnamed both for the Black Sabbath song and the doom metal bandthey just wanted to run a successful business. "We never planned on being a full venue," Scurti says, "and we never planned on being a full-on metal bar. It just sort of happened. It's who we are and what we like."

Judging by the number of regulars present the Monday after the events and by the four sold-out shows the week before, metalheads have given the bar the horns-up stamp of approval. We asked around for the top ten most metal moments of the anniversary week.